Fulham head coach, Marco Silva, has heaped praise on Samuel Chukwueze following the winger’s standout performance in Tuesday night’s 5-4 loss to Manchester City at Craven Cottage.
The Nigeria international netted a brace in the high-scoring encounter, continuing his impressive run after being named Man of the Match in Fulham’s 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.
Silva Lavishes Praise on Chukwueze
Silva expressed his delight with Chukwueze’s impact on the team.
“He’s already making an impact. Last Saturday, he did it,” Silva told the club’s official website.
“As a part of our plans and from the physical point of view, we decided to manage him because he had his first almost 90 minutes against Tottenham.
“Of course, we put him on the bench. We wanted to play with ESR [Emile Smith-Rowe] and Alex [Iwobi] there, almost without a winger, with Alex and Sander [Barge] in the middle.
“The impact was massive from him again, but I have to talk about other players. The performance from Emile was a very good one, and he’s showing that he’s getting better.”
National Duty Looms
Chukwueze is set to join Nigeria’s Super Eagles squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
“Chukwu is just showing his quality; he has quality on the right and on the left. He can make the right decisions as well,” Silva added.
“He’s getting better and better. Unfortunately, we’re going to lose him in 15 days’ time like it was three times in the last three months, but it is what it is, and till then we have to get the best from him and let’s hope we can do it on Sunday again.”
